[xsl] multiple replace

[Jim_Albright@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I need to make multiple replacements.

<!-- simple replacements to meaningful entities  or Unicode  -->
<replacements>
        <replace>&lt;&lt;</replace><with>&ldquo;</with>
        <replace>&gt;&gt;</replace><with>&rdquo;</with>
        <replace>&lt;;</replace><with>&lsquo;</with>
        <replace>&gt;</replace><with>&rsquo;</with>

<!-- need to be able to mark text for omission in a way that we can 
roundtrip it 
replacing the text with <omit>|fn</omit> is option that would work -->
        <omit>|fn</omit>
</replacements>


I was considering this external XML that the user can easily edit as the 
source of the changes.

I am using Saxon 9 ... XSLT 2.0 (Thanks for the elegant tools.)

I found the acronym example and started changing it to 
replacements/replace but am lost now as to how to proceed.


<xsl:variable name="replacements" as="element(replace)+"
    select="document('../xml/replacements.xml')/replacements/replace" />

  <xsl:variable name="replace-regex" as="xs:string"
    select="string-join($replacements/@replace, '|')" />

  <xsl:analyze-string select="$text" regex="{$replace-regex}">
    <xsl:matching-substring>
      <xsl:variable name="replace" as="xs:string" select="." />
      <replace title="{$replacements[@replace = $replace]}">
        <xsl:value-of select="$replace" />
      </replace>
    </xsl:matching-substring>
    <xsl:non-matching-substring>
      <xsl:value-of select="." />
    </xsl:non-matching-substring>
  </xsl:analyze-string>
 

Thanks for your help.

Jim Albright
704 843-0582
JAARS, Speeding Bible Translation
Wycliffe, Partners in Bible Translation